'Moby Dick' from 'The Waves Series', 1989 – Frank Stella (1936 Malden, MA - lives and works in New York)

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Frank Stella (1936 Malden, MA - lives and works in New York)
'Moby Dick' from 'The Waves Series', 1989

Mixed media (color serigraphy, lithography, and linocut with hand-coloring, marbling, and collage) on T.H. Saunders and Somerset paper. 168.0 x 138.0 cm (sheet), 184.0 x 151.5 cm (frame). Numbered 25/60, signed F. Stella, and dated (19)89 (pencil) lower right. Copy 25 of 60 copies, published by Waddington Graphics, London, printed by Trestle Editions, New York, and Brand X, New York. Framed under glass.

With his series since the 1980s, Frank Stella has developed a radical extension of painting into space. Curved, wave-like lines, strong color contrasts, and relief-like layers of material create a visual dynamic in ‘Moby Dick’ that is reminiscent of turbulent currents and the whale from Herman Melville's novel of the same name.

Not de-framed.

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Hammer Price: 8,500 €

181C - Modern Art
25. March 2026 at 6:00 PM CET

Literature:

Cat. raisonné Axsom, no. 194.

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Frank Stella (1936 Malden, MA - lives and works in New York)'Moby Dick' from 'The Waves Series', 1989

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Frank Stella (1936 Malden, MA - lives and works in New York)
'Moby Dick' from 'The Waves Series', 1989